s31 limitations of actions act

• Litigation & law practice

  Solicitor advice dooms wrist injury limitation extension?

  Wendy Grey sought legal advice in July 2011 for a possible common-law damages claim for cumulative workplace injuries that began as early as 2006 when she took up a housekeeping position at the Outrigger Resort, Hervey Bay.

  16 November 2013
• Litigation & law practice

  Seafood chef late to court, seeks time extension for starters

  A Court has ruled that a worker's severe reading and comprehension disabilities sufficiently explained his 4 year delay in seeking legal advice about the consequences of a negligently caused on-the-job lifting injury.

  22 October 2013
• Litigation & law practice

  Patient strikes out on $1 mil make-over lawsuit: DIY claim ‘replete’ with errors

  A hernia repair patient who claims to have been persuaded at the eleventh hour – "after she had been prepped for theatre" - to undergo a facelift instead, has failed in her bid for compensation for a “sadly damaged face” that…

  30 August 2012
• Litigation & law practice

  Suncorp smashed on time barrier in motorway flying debris suit

  As Vanessa Morris was calmly driving along the Logan motorway, building materials and engine parts began raining on her car, as if from nowhere. She lost control and careered her car into the concrete motorway barriers.

  20 April 2012
• Legal profession

  Paint tinter’s limitation loss shines light on rights information censorship

  The recent Supreme Court failure of a worker's limitation extension application has highlighted once again how the statutory censorship regime that applies in Queensland to lawyer statements about personal injury claims, can…

  19 September 2011
• Legal profession

  Suncorp triumphant in limitation brawl with naïve 16 yr old – what did she know?

  Elizabeth Hargans was in year 11 at Somerville House school when she was injured in June 2004 when her then-boyfriend drove into parked cars on a bottle shop run from a Graceville party they were attending.

  7 March 2011

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